Reduction effect of final-pass heavy reduction rolling on the texture development,tensile property and stretch formability of ZWK100 alloy plates

Obviously planar anisotropy due to‘TD split’orthotropic texture(TD indicates Transverse direction)always exist in the Rare-earth(RE)or Ca containing Mg alloy sheets,which is likely caused by the lowreduction rolling(and annealing)as revealed in our previous research.In this work,the as-cast billets of a ZWK100 alloy were subjected to final-pass heavy reduction rolling(FHRR)at 500°C with different reductions(30%-70%)after rough rolling,aiming to investigate the reduction effect on the microstructure and texture formation.The results show that FHRR with higher reductions above 50%is in favor of shear banding formation but has little effect on the as-deformed texture components,and the excellent formability with single-pass reduction up to 70%is mainly ascribed to the activation of prismatic slip.FHRR with reduction above 50%and annealing can generate uniform grain structures of~10μm and symmetrical‘oblique-line split’texture in(0001)pole figures,with basal poles tilting by about 50°from ND(Normal direction)towards some oblique-line of TD and RD(Rolling direction)as well as uniform distribution of counter lines as an annular shape,resulting in excellent elongation to failure of~50%and ultra-low planar anisotropyΔr_of~0.1 and high stretch formability(Erichsen value:8.1).The formation‘oblique-line split’texture in(0001)pole figures is mainly correlated with the preferred growth tendency of grains with■//RD,which was suggested to relate to the high mobility of some special boundaries such as 40°-45°■.The influences of starting textures on the mechanical properties,planar anisotropy and related deformation modes,as well as their correlations with the stretch formability were comparatively investigated with the‘TD split’orthotropic texture as a counterpoint.